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OldBoy 09-02-13 12:46 PM
Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Please continue pre-release discussion here.

Movie:
"Riddick" (Starring: Vin Diesel, Jordi Mollΰ, Matt Nable, Katee Sackhoff, Dave Bautista, Bokeem Woodbine, Karl Urban)

Release Date:
9/6/2013

Rating:
R (for strong violence, language and some sexual content/nudity throughout.)

Running Time:
119min. (1h. 59m.)

Budget:
$38 million (estimated)

IMDb Synopsis:
Spoiler:
Riddick, the latest chapter of the groundbreaking saga that began with 2000's hit sci-fi film Pitch Black and 2004's The Chronicles of Riddick reunites writer/director David Twohy (A Perfect Getaway, The Fugitive) and star Vin Diesel (the Fast and Furious franchise, xXx). Diesel reprises his role as the antihero Riddick, a dangerous, escaped convict wanted by every bounty hunter in the known galaxy. The infamous Riddick has been left for dead on a sun-scorched planet that appears to be lifeless. Soon, however, he finds himself fighting for survival against alien predators more lethal than any human he's encountered. The only way off is for Riddick to activate an emergency beacon and alert mercenaries who rapidly descend to the planet in search of their bounty. The first ship to arrive carries a new breed of merc, more lethal and violent, while the second is captained by a man whose pursuit of Riddick is more personal. With time running out and a storm on the horizon that no one could survive, his hunters won't leave the planet without Riddick's head as their trophy.


IMDb Info and Rating:
7.7 (2,550 votes as of 9/6/13)

Rotten Tomatoes:
Fresh:50 Rotten:37 (57% as of 9/6/13)

Metacritic:
46 metascore ('Mixed or average reviews' as of 9/6/13)

Trailer:
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Poster Art:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...3-poster-4.jpg





ATTENTION:

dan30oly, Arpeggi, Spottedfeather & PenguinJoe please do not enter your "traditional" star review in these threads any longer. Whether intentional or not, it is a troll move to always vote 0 or 1.0 stars, whether you've seen the movie or not, and no longer appreciated in these, somewhat, legitimate reviews threads.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING IN THIS MATTER**

TGM 09-02-13 01:39 PM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
so, does Starbuck live or what?

dex14 09-03-13 01:20 PM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Any word on this yet? If I have time this weekend I'll try and see it. But, it looks too similiar to the plot of Pitch Black.

Groucho 09-03-13 01:23 PM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by OldBoy (Post 11818393)
ATTENTION:

dan30oly, Arpeggi & PenguinJoe please do not enter your "traditional" star review in these threads any longer. Whether intentional or not, it is a troll move to always vote 0 or 1.0 stars, whether you've seen the movie or not, and no longer appreciated in these, somewhat, legitimate reviews threads.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING IN THIS MATTER**
Since the moderators don't read every thread cover-to-cover, please flag any objectionable posts. I think these folks have been asked nicely, so hopefully that will do the trick.

sauce07 09-03-13 01:36 PM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
So this is gonna be this years Dredd, right? A well reviewed genre film that bombs.

Supermallet 09-03-13 02:56 PM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
I'm a sucker for Riddick, so I'm seeing it no matter what.

OldBoy 09-03-13 03:17 PM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by Groucho (Post 11819309)
Since the moderators don't read every thread cover-to-cover, please flag any objectionable posts. I think these folks have been asked nicely, so hopefully that will do the trick.
they don't post. that's just it. they merely vote 0-1.5 stars way before the movies are ever released (in almost every review thread). people ask for explanation of why voted, but they have never respond. they merely think they are being comical (assumably)...

OldBoy 09-03-13 03:18 PM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
i'm gonna try and watch Pitch Black and Chronicles prior to seeing the new one...

OldBoy 09-04-13 09:22 AM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Spottedfeather...you're now on the list! welcome to trollocrity...

Ash Ketchum 09-04-13 02:17 PM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Scott Foundas in Variety gives this a rave review:

http://variety.com/2013/film/reviews...akingnewsalert

He even makes me want to see it.

Supermallet 09-04-13 03:14 PM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by OldBoy (Post 11820250)
Spottedfeather...you're now on the list! welcome to trollocrity...
Seriously? That's quite a jerk move considering how on the edge he already is.

Rob V 09-04-13 03:14 PM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by OldBoy (Post 11819460)
they don't post. that's just it. they merely vote 0-1.5 stars way before the movies are ever released (in almost every review thread). people ask for explanation of why voted, but they have never respond. they merely think they are being comical (assumably)...
But, but, but it's soooo funny when dan30oly shits on Citizen Kane and then praises Adam Sandler!

EddieMoney 09-04-13 03:16 PM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Looks solid. Really liked "Pitch Black" and this looks similar.

Solid Snake 09-04-13 04:33 PM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Nice. That review gets me giddy.

OldBoy 09-04-13 05:11 PM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by EddieMoney (Post 11820782)
Looks solid. Really liked "Pitch Black" and this looks similar.
i'm in the midst of my mini-marathon and loving it!!

DonnachaOne 09-05-13 05:54 AM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Given how the characters behave, I'm not sure the writers of Riddick have ever met any people.

The film doesn't start for an hour. In that time we see a lot of Riddick stranded on a mostly-dead world, fighting off all manner of cartoons while he gets back on his feet. He makes it a point of saying he's gotten soft and he needs to become tough and brutal again. First step is he gets a puppy.

That half, with Diesel playing Cast Away with an animated dog, is the good half. In the second half of the film, the wafer-thin plot doesn't amount to much more than a Pitch Black remake with hardly any of the original's charm or character depth. Lots of talented actors here (well, and that one guy from The Canyons, so you can imagine how seriously I could take his performance), all wasted. The beautiful CGI landscapes do look beautiful, but they do also look CGI; actors standing "outside" look like they're standing in front of very fancy wallpaper.

Skip it, guys. It kinda stinks.

RocShemp 09-05-13 06:35 AM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by DonnachaOne (Post 11821501)
Given how the characters behave, I'm not sure the writers of Riddick have ever met any people.

The film doesn't start for an hour. In that time we see a lot of Riddick stranded on a mostly-dead world, fighting off all manner of cartoons while he gets back on his feet. He makes it a point of saying he's gotten soft and he needs to become tough and brutal again. First step is he gets a puppy.

That half, with Diesel playing Cast Away with an animated dog, is the good half. In the second half of the film, the wafer-thin plot doesn't amount to much more than a Pitch Black remake with hardly any of the original's charm or character depth. Lots of talented actors here (well, and that one guy from The Canyons, so you can imagine how seriously I could take his performance), all wasted. The beautiful CGI landscapes do look beautiful, but they do also look CGI; actors standing "outside" look like they're standing in front of very fancy wallpaper.

Skip it, guys. It kinda stinks.
Wow. Most everywhere else I read that it was good but no Pitch Black. But the "First step is he gets a puppy" bit made me laugh.

How was Karl Urban's cameo, at least?
Spoiler:
Do they off him or at least leave him alive for a potential return in another sequel?

kd5 09-05-13 07:32 AM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
I'm in for another Riddick movie. I enjoyed both its predecessors, I'm sure this one will entertain as well.

kd5 09-05-13 07:36 AM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by RocShemp (Post 11821511)
"First step is he gets a puppy" bit made me laugh.
...“alien jackals” that look like the offspring of a zebra and a pit bull...
Hardly fits the image of "a puppy".

Ash Ketchum 09-05-13 09:17 AM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by DonnachaOne (Post 11821501)

That half, with Diesel playing Cast Away with an animated dog, is the good half.
I would have been more entertained by CAST AWAY if Diesel had starred in it--as Riddick.

fumanstan 09-05-13 09:48 AM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
61% currently on Rottten Tomatoes, it will probably drop a bit with only 31 reviews in. That said, I think this is a movie i'm intent on watching no matter if the reviews dip lower.

DJariya 09-05-13 10:06 AM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Loved Pitch Black. Thought Chronicles of Riddick was a long and boring mess. Even the Unrated cut didn't help it. This looks more in the realm of Pitch Black. If I have time, I'll try to check it out.

csant 09-05-13 10:06 AM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Yeah, this is one movie I dont care what RT numbers are. I loved Pitch Black and thought CoR was ok at best.

DonnachaOne 09-05-13 05:19 PM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
Originally Posted by RocShemp (Post 11821511)
]How was Karl Urban's cameo, at least?
Spoiler:
Do they off him or at least leave him alive for a potential return in another sequel?
It is very much a cameo. One short scene, maybe five lines. Small but pivotal, as they say.

Originally Posted by kd5 (Post 11821550)
Hardly fits the image of "a puppy".
I've seen the movie. You haven't.

Spoiler:
Riddick steals a puppy from a litter and raises it as his trusty, yappy companion. It's happy, it has a cute whine, it loves its master, and is definitely twice as fearsome and well-animated as that Blarp thing from Lost In Space.

Sonic 09-05-13 05:53 PM
Re: Riddick (Twohy, 2013) — The Reviews Thread
 
David Twohy: If we have the flexibility to go wherever we want in the next movie and Vin and I are talking about two more movies. It would be good to do a close ended franchise rather then a franchise that just keeps spitting them out just to spit them out. We would like to get back to the Necromongers, I’m actually cutting the DVD right now, directors cut, which includes an epilogue which had Riddick returning to the Necromongers empire and setting things right there in terms of the guy who abandoned him on this planet and left him for dead and his search for Vaako who he thinks has the answer to where his home world lies. So a couple more movies in the franchise would be nice. We want to pay off the fans who stuck with us the whole time and never stopped talking about this movie to us and it was them who opened up our eyes and make us make another movie.


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